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Remembering When

Remembering When^TM : A Fire and Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults, was developed by NFPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help older adults live safely at home for as long as possible. Purchase Remembering When.

Fact: At age 65, older adults are twice as likely to be killed or injured by fires or falls compared to the population at large.
Fact: Thirty percent of people age 65 and older are involved in falls each year, the leading cause of death from unintentional injury in the home.
Fact: In the U.S. and Canada, adults age 65 and older make up about 12 percent of the population – and their numbers are increasing.

Remembering When is centered around 16 key safety messages – eight fire prevention and eight fall prevention  – developed by experts from national and local safety organizations as well as through focus group testing in high-fire-risk states. The program was designed to be implemented by a coalition comprising the local fire department, service clubs, social and religious organizations, retirement communities, and others. Coalition members can decide how to best approach the local senior population: through group presentations, during home visits, and/or as part of a smoke alarm installation and fall intervention program.

• Remembering When for  Native American and First Nations  older adults.

  Introduce the program to your community (PowerPoint® presentations)
  English version #1 (3 MB), English version #2 (1.6 MB), Spanish (2 MB)
• Remembering When for Native American and First Nations older adults
• Remembering When in Spanish
• Program components translated into 18 languages.
• Trivia questions (PDF, 34 KB).
• Trivia for baby boomers and older generations (PPT, 129 KB)

		Remembering When in Philadelphia
		Remembering When Conference 2008
		First Nations Remembering When™